Book Title: Spiegel van het menselyk bedrijf : in kleuren vertoond met honderd verbeeldingen, van ambachten, konsten, hanteeringen en bedryven, met verzen / Jan en Kasper Luiken.

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: The Thread Winder: Though it looked like hate, It does no harm

Scripture Reference:

• 2 Corinthians 4 (further images / scripture text)

Description: In front of a house, two men are pounding fibers as a third man twists them. From the upper window hang pieces of fabric and hanks of fiber. The Dutch artist and poet, Jan Luiken (1649-1712), was responsible for drawing this emblem and for creating the motto and poem that follow. Jan Luiken and/or his son Casper Luiken (1672-1708) were responsible for its etching. The attendant scripture text is 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Motto: Though it looked like hate, / It does no harm. Poem: Twisted, slung, and beaten, /That the thread must tolerate, / But it is for its own worth benefit and good: /So should the struggle and cross of the pious,/Through God’s direction turn out for the best, / Into a tender and soft mind. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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